Staff Reporter:Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has already taken various short- and long-term projects to build Bangladesh Navy as a three-dimensional force by 2030.
The premier said this while speaking a function marking the commissioning of two modern submarines --BNS Nabajatra and BNS Joyjatra -- at Chittagong Naval Base.
The two submarines, procured from China, arrived in Chittagong Port on December 22. Those were handed over to Bangladesh on November 14.
These type 035G diesel electric submarines --76 metres in length and 7.6 metres in width -- are equipped with torpedoes and mines capable of attacking enemy warships and submarines.
"The day is very much special day, both for Bangladesh Navy or Bangladesh Armed forces and for entire Bangladesh," Sheikh Hasina said.